[2009-05-29@10:00] This seems to be perfect moment to write the album review. As some of You may have noticed, Tapewolf, aka Doug-The-Eagle (J.P Morris) has released another record, "Three little pigs -- A Tale of Vengeance". The album is recorded using sacred Old Ways -- with multi-track and all-analog mixing. Also, as any good old prog-rock album it is clearly divided into virtual 'sides' of vinyl record. Side 'A' is the eponymous story of three little pigs, though much more darker, than the popular fairy tale: this time the pigs are the bad guys and wolf is doing right. We get gently introduced into the mood by overture starting with synth cello prelude, giving far resemblance of Finnish Apocalyptica band, then at once stepping into prog-metal climates, with sound a bit resembling the old and forgotten Tiamat. The catchy chord progression is shared this or other way by all parts of the suite, binding the pieces of story together. Compared to this, side 'B' may seem to be just a filler, but is not -- the four remaining pieces, three of which are instrumental, give the hearer necessary relief. The only song on side 'B' is again anchored to DMFA/Jakob Pettersohn universe and may be a bit unclear to people not familiar with these stories, but as music piece is beautiful. Any overall comments? Although Pancake Ferret appeared to me as compiled in rush, this album is carefully thought out and prepared. The quality of sound is best of all the albums released to date. Doug earned eight (8) starts this time, and is nominated to Album of the Year 2009. [********--]

I downloaded this a week or so back and hadn't got round to listening to it properly until this weekend, but now I have, and it is by far the best of Doug's albums so far, the pig saga is a great twist on the nursery rhyme, its intelligent and witty and most importantly a blinding piece of prog rock, the last track ( A Dream of Fire and Ice ) I also particularly liked.
Doug's keyboards are coming on in leaps and bounds and can be favorably compared to Wakeman or Emerson both in competence and in texture.
I love this album it is pure prog rock, keep up the good work.
P.S. Maybe its time to start seriously looking for a main stream publisher.

About this album

This is my fifth album, the bulk of which was recorded in 2008. The whole first side is a radically different interpretation of the 'three little pigs' story. Basically I started out with the premise of "Why might the wolf have a good reason to break into the house?" and the result was a set of songs that turn the story on its head. The track titles were shamelessly inspired by Roger Glover's 'Elements' album.In some ways I'm a little unnerved by it... the resulting suite is probably one of the darkest pieces of music I've put together and the flipside of the album doesn't really balance it properly. I've made a vow that the next album will be happier.I think one of my favourites on this album is "The next, a pig on fire". This started out from a sample of Bill Clinton's infamous "I have sinned," speech, later replaced for copyright reasons. It took some time for me to find a suitable replacement voice, but I have Jairus to thank for that. Thanks also go out to Tezkat for his newsreading on the same track.As usual we have a DMFA-inspired song, this time 'The Dark Price of Eternal Youth', which deals with the quandry any incubus or succubus is likely to face, whether to slowly age and die, or prolong your already generous lifespan by stealing the souls of others. This is a central theme in my webcomic 'Project Future', from which the illustrative picture of Jakob is taken. Thanks Ren, for all you've done to make it possible.All songs were recorded 8-track except where noted.Additional credits:

The cover art was drawn by Keaton the Black Jackal - thanks again for that. Thanks also go to Luke Turner for the logo and James Starrunner for his voice on 'The death of a thousand splices'. Mastering was done by Alex Balzama at Swift Audio Solutions, London.

A PDF version of the cover with full lyrics and liner notes can be found here: